Lectures upon the four first chapters of the prophecy of Hosea Wherein the text…Lectures vpon the foure first chapters of the prophecie of Hosea Wherein the text…

The duty which the Lord promiseth she shall perform, is, that she shall call him Ishi, that is, my husband: where the Lord alludeth to the covenant which is made between him and his Church, wherein the Lord promiseth, that she shall be his spouse, and she promiseth that she will acknowledge the Lord alone to be her husband, and perform all duties of a wife unto him. As though he should say, Howsoever in former times thou hast run after thy lovers, yet when I have called and converted thee, thou shalt remember the covenant of marriage between us made, and so forsaking thy idols, thou shalt acknowledge and profess, that I alone am thy husband. Now whereas he saith, that she shall call him Ishi, we are first hereby to understand, that the Church mindful of her covenant, shall embrace him as her only husband, not verbally alone, or with an idle show, but in deed and truth behaving her self towards him, as it becometh the Lords spouse, that is, first in general, she shall worship and serve him purely and sincerely, according to his will; more specially, that she shall observe conjugal fidelity, love him above all, depend upon him alone, with a true affiance for all blessings, and call upon his name: the which duty is implied ⟨p. 268⟩in the text, for it is not said, she shall call me husband, but Ishi, O my husband, namely, invocating his name by prayer.

The dutie which the Lord promiseth she shall performe, is, that she shall call him Ishi, that is, my husband: where the Lord alludeth to the couenant which is made betweene him and his Church, wherein the Lord promiseth, that she shall be his spouse, and she promiseth that she will acknowledge the Lord alone to be her husband, and performe all duties of a wife vnto him. As though he should say, Howsoeuer in former times thou hast run after thy louers, yet when I haue called and conuerted thee, thou shalt remember the couenant of mariage betweene vs made, and so forsaking thy idols, thou shalt acknowledge and professe, that I alone am thy husband. Now whereas he saith, that she shall call him Ishi, we are first hereby to vnderstand, that the Church mindfull of her couenant, shall embrace him as her only husband, not verbally alone, or with an idle shew, but in deed and truth behauing her selfe towards him, as it becommeth the Lords spouse, that is, first in generall, she shall worship and serue him purely and sincerely, according to his will; more specially, that she shall obserue coniugall fidelitie, loue him aboue all, depend vpon him alone, with a true affiance for all blessings, and call vpon his name: the which dutie is implied